HOW THE mighty have fallen. New York Giants star Plaxico Burress, who caught the winning touchdown pass in last year’s Superbowl, will not play for the Giants for the rest of the season, having shot himself in the foot.

SUPER Bowl champions The New York Giants shrugged off the latest publicity surrounding absent receiver Plaxico Burress to defeat Washington 23-7 on Sunday.

Conservative evangelical leaders met privately this week to discuss putting aside their misgivings about John McCain and coalescing around the Republican’s presidential bid while urging him to consider social conservative favourite Mike Huckabee as a running mate.

The New York Giants won the American football Super Bowl in a dramatic comeback victory that denied their opponents, the New England Patriots, a place in the sporting history books.

BRETT FAVRE sparked NFL pace-setters Green Bay to a seventh consecutive win on Sunday while Issac Bruce celebrated his 30th birthday by rallying St. Louis to victory.